WillHire

Manager, Software Development Engineering – AI Platform

WillHire

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: VancouverCanada

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Salary

💰 CA$140,000 - CA$210,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers building the Agent Platform
  • Drive execution of the team’s roadmap, ensuring high-quality, timely delivery of platform capabilities
  • Partner with engineers to design and build systems for agent execution, orchestration, lifecycle management, and reliability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners (product, AI/ML, infrastructure) to define requirements and prioritize investments
  • Contribute to technical architecture and design decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability
  • Establish best practices for code quality, testing, observability, and operational excellence
  • Manage team health, hiring, performance, and career development

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience
  • 2+ years in a people management role
  • 4+ years of building and operating production-grade backend or platform systems
  • 4+ years of technical background in distributed systems and scalable service architecture
  • 4+ years experience working with Python (or similar languages such as Java or Go)
Benefits
  • Workday Bonus Plan
  • role-specific commission/bonus
  • annual refresh stock grants
  • flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringbackend systemsplatform systemsdistributed systemsscalable service architecturePythonJavaGocode qualitytesting
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationteam managementperformance managementcareer developmentcommunicationorganizational skillsexecutionprioritization